Facebook and Google Want You to Do More With Those Photos

Google Inc. and Facebook Inc. both unveiled new photo tools this week, to try to get people to share the photos they hoard on their phones.

Google’s feature is for mouth-watering food pics. It is testing a new tool to let its Local Guides–the folks who write reviews on Google–share their food pics on Google Maps. These photos would make natural additions to its business listings, and ratchet up the company’s competition with Yelp Inc.